THE NEW DECALOGUE OF SCIENCE

ence and intelligence alone can chart, would
men feel as no other religion can make them fWlf
that they are literally their brother's keeper, wholly
and personally responsible for developing a social
and political order, which will bring life's riche«t
values to all.
Whether we espouse a purely naturalistie
conception of the world, or one more filled with th*»
warmth of the spirit, science lias given us a pictun?
wholly different from the old one. And it IK one In
which men must seek new consolations and In wludi
it is open to them to find much richer value's. Tf
any sort of natural picture of the world be true, then
the wider personal experience, the* richer ethical ad-
justments, the truer cfltheticism, in short, a happy
liveableness of life, can only be attained through
those varied and opulent experiences, which are
possible only in a soundly ad justed social order; n
truly democratic industry, without the KlmniH of po-
litical democracy ; a political ari sto-df »moerac y
whose objective is to increase the dignity and worth
of men as human beings, each of whom is regarded
as a distinct and unique creator awl determiner of
the only real values there are— the* values of tho
human spirit. There to my mind IB the challenge of
any renaissance. That is squarely your problem
and mine, Your Excellency, and of all men who
to think straight, hopefully and helpfully in tills
coming time. The challenge IB clear ami
Can the materials of a spiritual and
renaissance, which have come up out of the
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